September - October 2020

Home: Our Nest, Our Pad, Our Abode, Our Digs

Home: Our Nest, Our Pad, Our Abode, Our Digs are all affectionate ways to refer to our sanctuary. Now that we have all endured an exceptionally long stretch at home you may have come to realize your house needs some Interior Design Attention.

Since the weather is cooling down and we are all going to be spending even more time at Home: Our Nest, Our Pad, Our Abode, Our Digs the walls may need a new coat of paint or even you might dare to try some wallpaper in the powder room? Your sofa may need a new fabric, your favorite chair may need replacing with a much more comfortable Lee Relaxor ?

Each room in your home may need a little “Tszuj” as Carson Kressley says, “Give it a little flare!”We at Worthington Interior Design are all about making a few little design changes to your Home: Our Nest, Our Pad, Our Abode, Our Digs to get a big result!

As simple as painting our chimney after it was repointed; has given our home a fresh new look. Interiors of your home is so personal and whether you like plaids, florals or solids we can turn a room in your home into a stunning new place to read, or have cup of coffee or simply view your yard from a different place.  

With all the new styles in porcelain floor tiles, faucets, and vanities a new kitchen or new bathroom it is a great time to tackle a renovation. Worthington can redesign, specify, bid your project to get the best contractor and pricing for you. We manage the construction process, obtain best pricing for fixtures and furnishings. With our seasoned experience your renovation is in good hands.  

We also consult on outside work- say you are looking at a new fence we can offer many options that work with your home’s style and get it done for you.

Our sources are endless! Whether it’s a new door, bathroom reno, children’s playroom or new nursery get in touch with Worthington Interior Design today to schedule an appointment.  

Let us give your Home: Our Nest, Our Pad, Our Abode, Our Digs a new YOU!

Happy Autumn

June and July 2020

Summertime is here

Taking a break hope everyone is staying safe amid this Pandemic.

April and May 2020

3 Simple Home Refresh Ideas

3 Simple Home Refresh Ideas  after this Pandemic. Now that we have been inside for over a month and    Spring is here in New England; have you started to see what soft furniture pieces need a face-lift? How about reassessing your kitchen and its current function? Has your kitchen been getting a lot of use offering 3 meals and miscellaneous snacks every day? Are the walls in your common spaces looking dingy?

During the evening hours have you decided you need some fresh and crisp new window treatments? Rugs or anything you might want to replace once this pandemic passes?

Most of us will be sticking closer to home even after the Pandemic so you may want to get scheduled with us at Worthington Interior Design no matter how small your refresh may be.

First would be to qualify which room you think deserves the attention first? The family room where the TV, games and puzzles have been camping for the past month? We can start small after we a sense of your overall desired look and style. How about we venture together to redesign or  revise layouts for your mudroom or kitchen. These spaces are used so much and you may have found you need a new way to best utilize these over-used rooms?

Secondly, your home interiors may need the same item refreshed in a few rooms, for instance the window treatments. Plantation shutters are a great investment for both maintenance free cleaning as well as resale!

Thirdly, once we meet we can help you decide which part of your home will give the best overall and quickest ‘refresh’ before summer comes.

Worthington Interior Design has many unique sources to give your home your touch of style. We do not have to always go to the usual retailers as Worthington has far reaching vendors who offer great style at reasonable price, wonderful quality and USA made.

So how about setting up an appointment for us to explore 3 Simple Home Refresh Ideas after this pandemic!

Happy Spring 2020

Call or Email Worthington Interior Design early to claim time on our schedule: 617-633-3005

January and February 2020

3 More Reasons in 2020 to Have an Interior Designer on your Team

3 more in 2020 reasons to have an Interior Designer on your team-- has become a recurring underlying need among all my social media and messaging apps.

First good reason to have an Interior Designer is to have your professional assess your entire goal. So you need an electrician to hang provide artwork lighting… this is a talent and although electricians can perform the work; it’s not always from a designer’s eye. Your Interior Designer can see the focus, the type of artwork mount needed and if your desired location is the best for your art. Your Interior Designer will suggest the correct lighting fixtures because Home Depot, to the masses light fixtures are not the same as the manufacturers. Highlighting your art with the correct fixtures, amount and type of light needs to be thought through or you can have a mess and a huge electrician invoice! Interior Designers are trained in placing artwork and working with electricians to minimize mistakes and keep the cost inline.

2nd good reason to have a design firm like  Worthington Interior Design is when I read “looking for a kitchen design/layout.” WOW this is scary just writing this—a kitchen layout is more than just a simple rehab that anyone with a construction sign can offer you.

When you are approaching a project that needs experience, sources and attention to detail;  this is an Interior Designer. We learn how you live “before” you just get a layout; it is vital to staying within your budget and truly understanding how your home flows. Today so many say they are seasoned but those of us who come with valid seasoned experience in both residential and commercial projects bring you another level of service, knowledge and professionalism.

Many potential clients say they redesigned this room or closet ;  only see that it’s not easily accessible, the furniture they purchased is only 3 months old already shows wear or they spent an exorbitant amount of money on 1 closet. Utilizing a skilled professional is there to keep you feeling good about the monies you are spending and making sure you’re whole design works.

This brings us to our 3rd good reason to have an Interior Design  on your team may be because you haven’t ever hired one before! We know with all the TV shows its makes it all look so easy—but having studying for many years with a bonafide Interior Design degree it is not as easy as it looks. One mistake can be extremely costly for homeowners! Worthington Interior Design is honed with having seen most everything and most importantly what does not work makes us a great member of your home team. Most of our clients have been with us for a very long time and call us for not just design needs; but for party planning layouts, holiday designs and special events and occasions. This is because we understand the whole and the client trust to help them make wise selections continuing to save our clients monies!

So as I see more and more neighborhood engagement it’s important to have Worthington Interior Design, the professional Interior Designer  for our home team, to carry out your vision and save you headache and heartache!

November and December 2019

HAPPY HOLIDAYS !

See you in the new year with new creative content!

October 2019

HIGH POINT MARKET FALL 2019 - NEW Products!

Paris - Maison & Objet September 2019

WE MISSED YOU !

August/September 2019

Design Techniques to Perfect Your Family’s Interiors

Here’s 5 Design Techniques to Perfect Your Family’s Interiors whether you have just moved or browsing for interior design techniques.  Worthington often suggests these ideas which can be incorporated with minimal effort and money. Sometimes adding small things make the most impact. Adding a mirror or a precious heirloom to a room-scape instantly personalizes your home. Obviously painting and rearranging furniture will alter your space as well.

     5 Design Techniques to Perfect Your Family’s Interiors most likely includes the perfect place or room to hang out. So adding some of these design elements can enhance your family’s room and experience while watching TV or playing games:

•  Try a large sectional sofa of 2 sofas

•  Oversize  ottomans

• Floor pillows

• Game table for puzzles or games

•  Add SONOS surround sound system for your music and theater experience and you can add on speakers or rooms, even outdoor speakers.    

Take a look at these techniques to perfect interior for your family clever ideas to inspire you!  

  1. Enlarge your room with lighter colors

Your Living Room may have larger windows which help to reflect natural light and enhances the room size. Choose some soft tones and layer texture an pattern to complete the space. If you prefer cozier spaces you may opt for darker color tones.

2. Adding a decorative mirror

Mirrors are always a win-win within the Interior Designers “bag of tricks”. It can amplify, warm or create space within space. Group several sizes of the same shape of mirror and you have an instant art wall ensemble.

3. Mixing old and new and implementing “High ‘n Low” design techniques

Place your family heirlooms together in a grouping of like-kind or scatter pieces among your new furniture pieces and rooms. Worthington Interior Design makes it a standard practice to reflect you and your family’s history, travels, and hobby into your home’s interiors.

High ‘n Low is our technique for adding less expensive treasures from some of your favorite retailers (i.e. Ikea, Williams Sonoma, Pottery Barn, Crate and Barrel) alongside your family heirloom -art work, antique chairs, rugs or accessories. The juxtaposed items create an interesting interior design effect.

4. Slipcovers offer style options

Slipcovers for sofas and chairs offer you design styles for 2 or more seasons. You can have your piece already upholstered in a heavy fabric suitable for winter and fall but try adding a linen or cotton chintz slip cover for spring and summer. Your options for fabrics and color are endless.

5. Rugs

Here again, adding rugs or cotton colorful throw rugs ( i.e Dash & Albert) for the summer can give your space your own design twist. Or you may add heavy carpets and rugs for the winter and fall and actually take up the rugs for spring and summer! They are quick fun and easy design ideas giving great design impact. There are endless possibilities for perfect house plans ideas for your family.

Make an appointment today with Worthington Interior Design, voted 2019 Best Interior Designer, 617-633-3005

June/July 2019

KINDLY VOTE for us in the Northshore BONS HOME AWARDS

WE are located under SPACES in 4 categories!

April/May 2019

Purchasing Furniture and Other Home Products Online

Why purchasing furniture and other home products online can become the bane of your existence!

Well this rainy April has given me time to think of a good blog topic. In talking with a few other trades people I started to hear an ongoing theme about potential clients going rogue and buying their furniture, Toto toilets, beds and you name it online only receive less than they had expected or smaller than they thought to name a few.

Your intentions:  get it fast, cheap and good!  You’ve scoured Wayfair, Overstock and many other websites only to get the item damaged or not to your specifications. Now you must arrange for repacking and shipping it back only to find out the merchandiser “doesn’t want it back!”

Now what? Well when you hire a seasoned Interior Designer to help you with buying your furniture, fabrics, accessories, lighting and appliances you only have to make the payment. The Interior Designer arranges for deliveries and installs. If your purchase comes in damaged your Designer takes care of the return and the replacement! If your Designer uses local vendors—EVEN BETTER! Most local vendors take care of their loyal Designers and they in turn take care of you.

Another instance, client had worked with a Designer and their local lighting vendor;   but later bought these light fixtures online. Only to have some fixtures come in damaged more than once. Meaning the online vendor did not accept returns of damaged goods and the client was left 2 damaged while awaiting the final fixture.

A while ago there a story about a client that insisted on buying the top of the line Toto toilet and asked for pricing. Local vendor pricing was slightly higher and the client said “I can save by buying this Toto at Amazon.” Well after reviewing the spec on their purchase and pointing out “did you see this Toto does not come with a seat?”  After this revelation, the clients smartened up and asked their Designer to buy the Toto. This saved the client money and their precious time!

Another instance, clients wanted to wallpaper their bathroom;   they bought the wallpaper online only to find out when the wallpaper hanger came to install that every roll of wallpaper was a different       dye-lot!   Meaning none of the rolls of wallpaper matched! If they hired a seasoned Designer this again would have save the client money and their precious time!

Beware of the websites that offer you designer/trade fabrics at reduced price. This is very dangerous as they have hidden costs and the price is usually higher than your Designer would get and in turn offer you.

Time for one more story, a client wanted to buy a bed and loved the bed selections their Interior Designer presented, but later that night went online and found the bed for a lot less money, only to find out that what they had ordered was just the headboard not the whole bed! Again the time and aggravation to box it up and try to send the headboard back almost became the client’s “new career!”

If your goal is to have a well-designed home with unique and handcrafted pieces your best bet is to spend your money with a seasoned Interior Designer to create this space for you. If it was that easy to DIY then there would be no need for formally educated Interior Designers and Architects!

So why let purchasing furniture and other home products online become the bane of your existence when you can enjoy the whole design process! Hand-off headaches to your seasoned Designer while saving money and your precious time!

April showers bring May flowers, Happy Spring!